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Greens' Preferential GM Treatment Appalling

Friday, 27 July 2001, 2:04 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry said it was appalling the Government planned to release the report of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification to the Green Party before any other interested parties. More >>

Steve Tries To Slide Out Of Funding Crisis

Thursday, 26 July 2001, 3:46 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Tertiary Education Dr Muriel Newman says the timing of the announced moratorium on funding for private training providers is designed to help struggling Associate Education Minister Steve Maharey get out of his current row with tertiary education ... More >>

Urgent Changes Needed For Child Support

Thursday, 26 July 2001, 3:26 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman says public submissions on the Child Support Amendment Bill are highlighting the urgent need for reform of the Child Support Act. More >>

NIWA Should Not Threaten Legal Action

Thursday, 26 July 2001, 2:34 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT leader Richard Prebble says he's concerned that state agencies are increasingly reacting to scrutiny from MPs by threatening and engaging in legal action. More >>

Meridian & Tim Barnett Still Have Explaining To Do

Wednesday, 25 July 2001, 3:06 pm | ACT New Zealand

More questions than ever are raised by Meridian Energy's attempts to explain its surreptitious advertising of Labour MP Tim Barnett, ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today. More >>

NIWA Gets It Wrong And The Cost Is Huge

Wednesday, 25 July 2001, 10:38 am | ACT New Zealand

High electricity prices can be blamed in large measure on grossly inaccurate forecasts by NIWA, ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>

Taxpayers' Money Wasted on New Maori Channel

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 6:26 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Government will waste millions of dollars on a Maori television channel when it was offered a much cheaper and more effective option, ACT MP Penny Webster said today. More >>

Perverse Victory for the Bureaucrats

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 6:25 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Education Amendment Bill puts the whims of bureaucrats ahead of the needs of students, ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>

Prebble Slates Refusal To Debate Apple Crisis

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 4:55 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT leader Richard Prebble has condemned the government's refusal to debate the crisis in the apple industry. More >>

Leased Executives: A Cost Of Bad Employment Law

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand

Rodney Hide's revelation of extensive "executive leasing" by the government should not be taken as a criticism for using leased executives said ACT's Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>

Too Late For Red Flags On Genetic Modification

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 4:31 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff today expressed disappointment over last-minute protests by Green Party anti-GM zealots, a week before the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification will be delivered. More >>

ACT Understands Corrections? Payoff Offer

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 3:14 pm | ACT New Zealand

Alliance Ministers should accept the blame for the Corrections Department being forced to offer bribes to potential objectors to new prisons says ACT's Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>

ACT To Fight To Keep Privy Council Appeals

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Party members have confirmed that the party's MPs should fight any moves by the Government to drop New Zealand's ties with the Privy Council, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

Otago Residents Will Pay For Train In Rates

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 10:27 am | ACT New Zealand

Otago residents will be burdened with higher rates so that local councils can keep the Southerner rail service running, ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>

Anderton Slated By Commerce Select Committee

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 9:59 am | ACT New Zealand

The Commerce Select Committee today released two reports slating Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton's pet projects, ACT MP Rodney Hide said. More >>

Govt Should Answer Questions Over 'Maori Made' Bid

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks says the Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce should answer the unusually frank condemnation from one of the leading intellectual property law firms about Creative New Zealand's attempt to corner all rights to the ... More >>